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Changing the Description of a CMK

Function

This API enables you to change the description of a CMK.

Constraints

  • A Default Master Key (the alias suffix of which is /default) does not allow description changes.

  • A CMK in Scheduled deletion status does not allow description changes..

URI

POST /v1.0/{project_id}/kms/update-key-description

Table 1 Path parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token. The token can be obtained by calling the IAM API (value of X-Subject-Token in the response header).
Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

key_id

Yes

String

CMK ID. It should be 36 bytes and match the regular expression ^[0-9a-z]{8}-[0-9a-z]{4}-[0-9a-z]{4}-[0-9a-z]{4}-[0-9a-z]{12}$. Example: 0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f

key_description

Yes

String

Key description. It can contain 0 to 255 characters.

sequence

No

String

36-byte sequence number of a request message. Example: 919c82d4-8046-4722-9094-35c3c6524cff

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

key_info

KeyDescriptionInfo object

Key description.
Table 5 KeyDescriptionInfo

Parameter

Type

Description

key_id

String

CMK ID.

key_description

String

Key description.

Status code: 400

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error

Object

Error message.
Table 7 ErrorDetail

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error information.

Status code: 403

Table 8 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error

Object

Error message.
Table 9 ErrorDetail

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error information.

Status code: 404

Table 10 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error

Object

Error message.
Table 11 ErrorDetail

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error information.

Example Requests

{
  "key_id" : "0d0466b0-e727-4d9c-b35d-f84bb474a37f",
  "key_description" : "test"
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Request processing succeeded.

{
  "key_info" : {
    "key_id" : "bb6a3d22-dc93-47ac-b5bd-88df7ad35f1e",
    "key_description" : "test"
  }
}

Status code: 400

Invalid request parameters.

{
  "error" : {
    "error_code" : "KMS.XXX",
    "error_msg" : "XXX"
  }
}

Status code: 403

Authentication failed.

{
  "error" : {
    "error_code" : "KMS.XXX",
    "error_msg" : "XXX"
  }
}

Status code: 404

The requested resource does not exist or is not found.

{
  "error" : {
    "error_code" : "KMS.XXX",
    "error_msg" : "XXX"
  }
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Request processing succeeded.

400

Invalid request parameters.

403

Authentication failed.

404

The requested resource does not exist or is not found.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: Lifecycle Management